n.
Pronunciation: ˌ stra ŋ -gy ə - ' l ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 1542
1 : the action or process of strangling or strangulating
2 : the state of being strangled or strangulated especially : excessive or pathological constriction or compression of a bodily tube (as a blood vessel or a loop of intestine) that interrupts its ability to act as a passage